Oops, Wildflower Wednesday slipped right past me and I really didn’t want to miss it because the meadow is beautiful this time of year.
The meadow is really just a field that we mow once a year – whatever grows there is sown by Mother Nature and it changes from year to year. There’s a good display of black-eyed susans this year (Rudbeckia sp.). Lots of fleabane (Erigeron spp.) and yarrow (Achillea) too.
We have our share of buzzy pollinators in the meadow, but I’m more attracted to the big colorful insects that float over the flowers and grasses – the dragonflies and butterflies.
An incomplete list of some of the native flowers blooming in the meadow today:
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia sp.)
- Fleabane (Erigeron spp.). We have at least 2 species of Fleabane, and I haven’t positively identified them.
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana)
- Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum sp.)
Thanks to Gail at Clay & Limestone for championing native wildflowers!
That Calico pennant is beautiful! I haven’t seen a single black swallowtail this year. I usually see a couple of them by this time.
beautiful captures, thank you for sharing with us.
What a gorgeous dragonfly! I haven’t seen any here at all this year, which seems strange because we’ve had a lot of rain. I love the idea of a meadow planted by Mother Nature–the pollinators must love it!
wow, what a great photo of that dragonfly! Love the meadow. just read a book to my daughter about a little girl that saved a flower, which turned into a little patch of flowers, which turned into a meadow. What natural lovliness.